A TUCK BOOK easel and palette trademark symbol, The P versions are marked- PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS LTD. FINE ART PUBLISHERS BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE KING GEORGE VI, H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER AND H.M. QUEEN MARY. COPYRIGHT. PRINTED AND MADE IN ENGLAND. or RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS, LTD. PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. LONDON. PARIS. NEW YORK. DESIGNED IN ENGLAND-PRINTED IN GERMANY. the regular numbered versions are earlier about 1920 and are marked PUBLISHERS TO THE KING & QUEEN, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK paper toy books for children made in four sections and connected on the edges as they are designed to fold out sideways. One side has four images with slots in which to place the appropriate figural pieces, the other has two story pages and the front and back cover images. When not in use the figural pieces can be kept in the envelope section attached to the back cover with the instructions and the book can be folded up to it's original size. SOME come with fold out versions with envelopes and some with stapled versions where the pages do not fold out and no envelope. Some were reproduced by the SHACKMAN company.
Title
FATHER TUCK'S ZOO PANORAMA WITH MOVABLE PICTURES, foldout version
Number
8593
Item Comment
the reference copy is in poor condition with the pages separated and missing figural 14. THE PICTURES ARE MADE UP BY ARRANGING THE CUT OUT FIGURES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SCENERY. HOW TO SET UP YOUR ZOO. HERE YOU HAVE A ZOO ALL OF YOUR OWN WITH THE CAGES AND GROUNDS JUST AS THEY ARE IN THE REAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, AND IN THE POCKET AT THE BACK OF THIS BOOK YOU WILL FIND THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS WITH THE VISITORS AND KEEPERS, ALL COMPLETE. NOW YOU STAND UP THE PANORAMA AND INSERT ALL THESE OBJECTS INTO THE SLOTS WHICH ARE MARKED WITH NUMBERS CORRESPONDING TO THOSE ON THE FIGURES. A GREAT MANY SCENES CAN BE FORMED BY PUTTING THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS INTO DIFFERENT CAGES AND PLACES, AND YOU WILL FIND IT NEARLY AS INTERESTING AS A VISIT TO THE LONDON ZOO, AND THIS, YOUR OWN ZOO, YOU CAN VISIT EVERY DAY. THESE ARE THE NAMES, IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SPANISH, OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE POCKET, SO WHILE YOU ARE HAVING A GAME YOU CAN BE LEARNING SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME. followed by a listing of 15 numbered figurals and their names
